Pulling the Moon
I’ve never made love to a man.
I’ve never made love to a man but I imagine. 
                         I imagine pulling the moon.
                         I imagine pulling the moon out of his brow. 
Pulling the moon out of his brow and eating it again. 
                         Eating and pulling his hair in silence. 
A kind of silence when the moon goes out. 
When the moon goes back and forth between us. 
A kind of silence lit for only a moment.
Seeing for a moment through the eyes of the horse. 
                         Through the eyes of the dead horse 
                         that burns slower than my hair. 
My hair that burns the moon off. 
My hair with a hand inside it.
Originally published in Cenzontle (BOA Editions, 2018). Copyright © 2018 by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo. Used with the permission of the poet.
 
      